Psalms 55:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

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  • Ps 89:34 : 34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
  • Acts 12:1 : 1 Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.
  • Ps 89:28 : 28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.
  • Ps 89:38 : 38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.
  • Ps 109:5 : 5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
  • Ps 120:6-7 : 6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.
  • Eccl 8:2 : 2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
  • Ezek 17:16-19 : 16 By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death. 17 And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives: 18 For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe. 19 And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.
  • 1 Sam 22:17 : 17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
  • 2 Sam 2:4 : 4 And the men of Judah came there, and with the holy oil made David king over the people of Judah. And word came to David that it was the men of Jabesh-gilead who put Saul's body in its last resting-place.
  • 2 Sam 5:3 : 3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.
  • 2 Sam 14:32-33 : 32 And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death. 33 So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.
  • 2 Sam 15:10-12 : 10 But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.
  • 2 Sam 18:12 : 12 And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.

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    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

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    20For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

  • Ps 89:39-42
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    39You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.

    40All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

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  • Dan 11:22-23
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    22And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.

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  • Lam 3:3-4
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    3Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

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  • Hos 6:7
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    7But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.

  • Job 15:25
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    25Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

  • Ps 7:4
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  • Ps 62:3
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    10Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

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    11By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

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  • Prov 6:14-15
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    15For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

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    4His bow has been bent for the attack, he has taken his place with his hand ready, in his hate he has put to death all who were pleasing to the eye: on the tent of the daughter of Zion he has let loose his passion like fire.

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  • Ezek 17:14-15
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    35He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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    11His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.

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    37And there is no sound in the fields of peace, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

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    5Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.

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    14I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

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    3Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

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    8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

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    7All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place.